BRS, WAR, KOU, MDK, MKZ, CHN, DEW, HEY, WOO, SMW, PRA, BRE, COY, WKS, CAV, WAL, TAG, SLA, Evelyn, Shirley
What the research was about? The Data Loggers are a set of equipment that the school has been able to purchase thanks to the money Dan received through excellence in Science.
Sensors and probes at PRSC Temperature CO2 O2 Motion Force Salinity pH Electrical conductivity
How will this improve student outcomes? Opens up the range of experiments
students can perform, rather than using second hand data More engaging for students Incorporating ICT into the classroom Exposing them to methods of data collection and graphing result Teachers becoming proficient in the use of new technology
Small cost/immediate impact Write it into the curriculum so that using the
equipment becomes part of the course Extremely good for VCE physics, biology and chemistry Valuable for use in year 9 program Possibility for cross-curricula studies
Medium Term Goals ď‚— PRACS written up and placed on Sharepoint for all
staff to use ď‚— All science staff to have used the Data Loggers in at least a couple of classes this year
Long Term Goals
Incorporate into the National Curriculum Invest in more sensors and probes for collecting
different types of data Students designing their own pracs and using the Data Loggers to analyse the data